Splicing-thimble.



E. E. SQUIRE. SPLIGING THIMBLB, PPLIOATION FILED Nov. z5, 1911.

1,058,917. Patentd Apr. 15,1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANMRAPH CO., WASHINGTON. D. C.

EDWIN E. sQUrRE, or riTTsBURG, oALIFoRNrA.

SPLICING-TVHIMBLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15,1913.

Application filed November 25, 1911. Serial No. 662,501. p

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN E. SQUIRE, citizenof the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of ContraCosta and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Splicing-Thimbles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to splicing thimbles and aims to provide athimble which may be readily and quickly applied to the end of awire'cable to be spliced and which will enable the one splicing thecable to more readily insert the end of the cable between the spreadstrands thereof.

Ordinarily, in splicing a cable, the end of the cable is inserted,unprotected between the spread strands thereof, and the ends of thestrands and the ends of the wires comprising the strands are extremelyliable to become separated and render diiiicult the insertion of the endof the cable. Aside frointhis, the frayed end of the cable is liable toinjure the hands of the person splicing the cable.

The present invention therefore aims to provide a thimble which willovercome all of these disadvantages and which may be readily applied andas readily removed.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is aview in side elevation of the thimble embodying the present invention,the same being shown applied to the end of a cable to be spliced. Fig. 2is a vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 is avertical transverse sectional view through the thimble and the end ofthe cable inserted therein.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views o-f the accompanying drawingby the same reference characters.

In the drawing the thimble is illustrated as comprising a hollowcylindrical body 1 having'an open end 2 and a pointed solid end 3, thepoint of this end being located in a line with the axis of the body 1,as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The body l is formed at its open end 2with an ear 4 which has the same transverse curvature as the portion ofthe body 1 from which it projects and this ear is formed with an opening5 as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. i

In using the thimble embodying the present invention, the end of thecable C to be spliced is inserted into the open end 2 of the body 1 ofthe thimble and one of the strands of this cable, indicated specificallyby the reference character S is bent up prior to inserting the end ofthe cable in the thimble body, and is inserted at its end through theopening 5. As the end of the cable is shoved into the body 1 this strandS will be threaded through the said opening 5 and when the end of thecable has been inserted a sufficient distance into the thimble thestrand is bent back as shown at 6 in Fig- 2 of the drawing, and has itsextremity 7 bent to lie snugly against the cable C. In this manner, thethimble is quickly and readily secured to the end of the cable, andafter the splicing operation, may be readily removed by bending baclrthe strand S to original position and withdrawing the end of the' cablefrom the thimble. In splicing the cable, the thimble is inserted betweenthe slight-ly spread strands of the cable and takes the place of themarline-spike usually employed in the splicing operation. It will bereadily understood that this thimble prevents the end of the cable frombecoming frayed, or in other words prevents the ends of the strands fromseparating and spreading and that furthermore the end of the cablecannot injure the hands of the person performing the splicing operation.

I-Iaving thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. Asplicing thimble comprising a hollow body having a pointed end, and anapertured ear serving as a guide for the positioning of the cable in thethimble.

2. A splicing thimble comprising a hollow body having a pointed end, andan apertured ear at the cable receiving end of the body.

3. A splicing thimble comprising a hollow body open at one end andprovided at its other end with a closed point, the body being formed atits said open end with an ear extending beyond the said end of the bodyand formed with an opening arranged to receive one strand of a cable tobe spliced and inserted at its end in the body.

4. A splicing thimbie comprising a hol- In testimony whereof I aix mysignature 10W body provided at one end with a closed in presence of twoWitnesses. point, the other end of the body being open and formed at anangle to provide a rear- EDVIN E SQUIRE [L'S'] Wardly projecting ear,said ear being pro- Witnesses:

vided with an opening spaced to the rear of D. ISRAEL,

the open end of the body. Jos. M. MoAVoY.

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